Sweet Endings

I would have to say that this year, 2010, has been one of the very hardest ones my husband and I have ever lived. We have battled job loss, financial downturns, cancer recurrence, fatigue, depression, grief. Of course, it has not all been dark...we have had job found, financial blessings, watched our youngest give her Master's dissertation, walked on the deck of a Carnival cruise ship in the Caribbean, swam in crystal blue seas. At the close of this year, we are learning to savor the sweet moments, and not let a one go by without fully experiencing all it has to offer. Our girls were together with each other and us this Christmas for the first time in 3 years. I put reason and some frugality aside and decorated the house like I haven't done in a long time. We stayed up late every night we all were together and ate candy and played games. The warmth and light that filled our home is still glowing tonight, even though they are on planes back home. This is the best ending to a hard year: the ability to take it all in, hold it close, breathe in the fullness of joy, and spread it back out again.